While the owner of the shop along 28th Street Wayne Winsett works with his insurance company to figure out to what extent the repairs will be covered, friend and customer Rita Rollman knew she had to step up.Rollman's love for comics started at a young age.That's what drew her and her husband to Winsett's shop 45 minutes from her southeast Denver home.
"The idea is the good guys win. They face adversity, they have a journey and it’s a modern myth," Rollman explained. When she heard about the thief who broke into Time Warp Comics & Games around 3:30 a.m. on Friday, July 28, smashing through the glass front door and heading right for the glass case of expensive comics, she knew she needed to help.Rollman, with the help of some friends, launched aGoFundMe campaign, to help Winsett's shop.
Rollman said it's the least she could do to capture the spark of comics that first drew her to the pages.Boulder Police arrested 35-year-old James Wear of Nederland on three felony charges related to the comic bookstore break-in. Detectives were able to recover some of the stolen books at another comic bookstore in Colorado Springs. The Follow UpWhat do you want Denver7 to follow up on? Is there a story, topic or issue you want us to revisit? Let us know with the contact form below.
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